Taking the bike apart to get coated and this bolt just won’t budge. Ive tried wd40 and let it sit and then malet it out, nothing. Some one help please its the last bolt to take out 😖
How in the world do I get this bolt out I’ve tried everything!
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by Harry7626
17 Comments
Does the whole thing not knock through the bearings
Would help to list what bike it is.
Just get it out!
According to lore, this can only be removed by the true king of England.
Hit it with your purse
Not to take the piss, but have you tried using an Allen key?
Might have more chance with a socket and breaker bar
Use your teeth.
Key side is propably fused with bearing as bolt rotates with chainstays, get something that supports chainstay without touching bearing outer race and hit only the bolt on the other side harder
Hammer that shit!!!
It’s probably misaligned with all the flopping around you’ve done with the chain stay. Put the bolt back in a couple threads and try to line it up and then tap it out with a rubber mallet.
It’s an alloy pivot axle on a steel bearing race so you are looking at galvanic corrosion. The axle is likely needing replaced.
A bearing press will remove it.
If you don’t have one you need to sit the Allen key side on a brace like this :
https://amzn.eu/d/cCH0gjd
And then put a socket on the axle and hammer it out.
It will remove it but you will almost certainly need a new pivot axle.
I have the same issue with my Devinci Troy. Thought about sending it back to them and see if they can remove it. I’m afraid I’m going to cause damage. Let us know what you did when you get it out please.
A punch, a rubber mallet and some welly!!
Thread a long 8mm bolt in the non drive side (opposite the Allen head), and whack that (sacrificial) bolt with a metal hammer.
That way you don’t fuck up the threads or the alloy pivot pin, and the shock from the metal hammer breaks the corrosion.
Galvanic corrosion? gently taps until if gets loose.
The bearing is spinning with the bolt. It’s over.
You could DIY a press to get that out. Get a long bolt that will fit through the frame, and long enough to go through a socket that is the same or slightly smaller diameter. You may need to use two sockets (the second one could be smaller). Basically would look like Nut > Washer (x2?)> Frame/pivot> Socket>Washers>nut, and then add the second socket once the axle is mobile.
Or just find a long bolt that threads into really far, and hammer the bolt through.
Contact Transition first IMO, those guys are awesome, check make sure there isn’t a preload or something silly on it stopping it from moving.